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Contemporary Artists Center, Troy, NY, Spring 2013 Artist Residency Fellowship

Contemporary Artists Center, Troy, NY
Spring 2013 Artist Residency Fellowship
Deadline: Feb 15

The Contemporary Artists Center is housed in two Neo-Gothic stone church buildings situated on the Woodside National Historic Register Site in Troy, NY. CAC welcomes artists from all over the U.S. and abroad for residencies of up to three months. Just 2.5 hours north of NYC, CAC is conveniently accessible by car or public transportation. We are currently accepting applications for our Spring 2013 season. 
Deadline: February 15, 2013

The CAC focuses on emerging artists who offer quality in their art and encourages diversity of style, format (2-D, 3-D, 4-D) and concepts. The residency program offers artists the time and support to create new work and fosters an environment that encourages creativity, dialog, and experimentation.  Merit fellowships and work exchange opportunities are available. All residency artists receive some level of financial assistance.  Technical information: The residency includes use of all CAC studios and equipment. Specialized facilities include: woodshop,tool room, sewing/fabric area    

Studio information: CAC facility features high-ceiling, adaptable studio space open 24 hours a day, wfi, exhibition opportunities, weekly critiques, and free access to all CAC events. 

Accommodation information: The living area includes lofted bedrooms, living room/library, dining room, shared kitchen & baths, wifi, and a communal organic garden. 

Website: http://www.cactroy.org/residencies.php

 

Curatorial Fellowship for Diversity in the Arts, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN

Two-year curatorial fellowship
Deadline: February 22, 2013
Application fee: none

This two-year fellowship (starting June 2013 through June 2014) supports the Walker’s goal to encourage greater diversity within the museum field. The fellowship has been offered continually since the early 1990’s. Our fellowship alum now play prominent roles within many museums throughout the world. In our terms, diversity refers to a wide spectrum of people of color, people with disabilities, age, gender and other classifications. Qualified candidates with diverse backgrounds and/or studies are strongly encouraged to apply.

http://www.walkerart.org/jobs/browse/current-openings/2012/curatorial-fellow-for-diversity-in-the-arts

Fellows will have the opportunity to participate in all phases of exhibition development, including: research; checklist development; lender and artist relations; publication rights and reproductions; writing texts for didactics, blogs, and the member magazine; floorplan development; installation; and development of public programs related to exhibitions. Fellows also assist with other departmental needs including acquisitions research, preparation for presentations, leading tours, and donor relations

Qualifications: M.A. degree in art history, museum studies, or a related field (e.g. history, cultural studies, etc.). Exceptional B.A. degree-holders in these fields will be considered if they have significant museum or gallery experience. Excellent verbal and written communication skills and familiarity with modern and contemporary art required; foreign language skills (written and verbal) are highly desirable.

Please note: international candidates must secure at their expense and be in possession of a valid US work visa.

Salary: $27,000/year plus $2,000 travel allocation per year for travel related to professional development activities or relocation; excellent benefits offered.

Application materials include: • a letter of interest (addressed to the Visual Arts Department) • resume • transcripts (unofficial) • the names of 3 references with contact information
• Writing samples: the primary writing sample must be less than 10 pages; an excerpt from a thesis or other academic writing sample is preferred. If possible (though not required), please also submit 1 short, published general audience writing sample (e.g. wall text, gallery guide, project related blog post, etc.).

Send applications electronically as MS Word or PDF attachments to: jobs(@)walkerart.org No phone calls or follow-up emails please.

 

STUDIO for Creative Inquiry - NEA Art Works Residencies 2013 – 2014

The Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry at Carnegie Mellon University
Deadline: 28 February 2013
Application fee: none

The Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry at Carnegie Mellon University is a laboratory for atypical, anti-disciplinary, and inter-institutional research at the intersections of arts, science, technology and culture

The STUDIO has received a $30,000 NEA Art Works grant to support artist residencies that emphasize the creation of work in new media arts and emerging art forms. With this funding, the STUDIO will offer approximately five residencies at our arts-research laboratory at Carnegie Mellon University, an environment enriched by world-class science and engineering departments. The duration of these residencies is in the expected range of 10 to 100 days, with one month as the anticipated average, and expected gross budgets of approximately $6000.

We seek artists whose work represents exciting new modes of artistic production – who innovate through the simultaneous production of new culture and new knowledge. Applicants must be United States citizens or permanent residents.

Residencies Overview

At the STUDIO for Creative Inquiry, each resident artist will receive the following:

Salary, benefits, and special research staff status at Carnegie Mellon University;
Housing, travel, and relocation assistance (as necessary);
Computer equipment, laboratory supplies, and office supplies;
Dedicated workspace and access to fabrication studios, electronics workshops, etc.
Project funds to be used for skilled consultants equipment and technical supplies;
Logistical support for exhibition and presentation;
IT Support (networking, printing, operating system and software assistance);
Administrative support for purchasing, travel, and other logistics.

Each resident artist will be expected to commit to the following:

To be in residence at the STUDIO for Creative Inquiry during the residency
To develop, present and document a artwork, or work in progress, during the residency
To work within the STUDIO towards enriching both our local research community, as well as global communities of sharing and exchange in the arts.

Read more:
http://studioforcreativeinquiry.org/residencies/nea-2013-2014

Online application form:
http://studioforcreativeinquiry.org/residencies/apply

The Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry
412-268-3451 . office
412-268-2829 . fax
studio-info [at] andrew [dot] cmu [dot] edu . email

Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Avenue
College of Fine Arts, Room 111
Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA
http://studioforcreativeinquiry.org/

 

VIDEOEX 2013 - International Experimental Film & Video Festival Zurich

Call for entries
Deadline: 15 February, 2013
Application fee: none

Videoex - International Experimental Film & Video Festival Zurich – Switzerland’s only festival dedicated to experimental film and video has started accepting entries for its International and Swiss competitions for 2013.

The Festival provides a forum for filmmakers, video artists, curators and their audience to gather and explore the perception of images, different aesthetic strategies and new ways of using technology in experimental film and video works.

The organizers are looking for:

experimental films (35mm / 16mm / 8mm),
videos (experimental,videoart, essay,....)
innovative animations,
experimental digital & graphic productions (to be screened),
experimental documentaries & innovative music videos.

The total prize fund for this edition is 4000 Swiss Franc or that's more than 3000 Euro.

Important: only works produced after 1 October 2011 are applicable.

More information

The competition rules :
http://www.videoex.ch/index.php

http://www.videoex.ch/downloads/2013/Videoex_Festival_rules_2013.pdf

The entry form:
http://www.videoex.ch/downloads/2013/Videoex_Entryform_2013.pdf

 

 

The Victor Fellowships 2013 - Hasselblad Foundation

Prestigious educational fellowships in photography
 Deadline: March 1, 2013
Application fee: none

The aim of the Hasselblad Foundation’s prestigious educational fellowships in photography, the Victor Fellowships, is to encourage continued education on a post-graduate level at well-reputed institutions outside the Nordic countries. Two fellowships will be awarded- one for a one-year Master’s program in England and the other for a six-month residency program in the United States.
http://www.hasselbladfoundation.org/the-victor-fellowships/en/

The winners of the fellowships are selected on the basis of a competition, in which 8-10 nominated finalists participate in the exhibition New Nordic Photography at Hasselblad Center. At the opening of the show internationally renowned experts in photography, commissioned by the Foundation, will select the winners.

The stipend amount for England is GBP 20,000 and for New York USD 37,000. The stipend should cover or contribute to tuition fees, travel and living expenses.

Further Information and application
http://www.hasselbladfoundation.org/assets/Stipendier/Stipendier-2013/Annex3ISCP2013.pdf  

 

The Mark Tanner Sculpture Award, Standpoint, London

Applications for the 2013 award are now open
Deadline: 17 March 2013
Application fee: £15

Selectors:
Richard Deacon CBE, RA: winner of the Turner Prize in 1987
Lisa Le Feuvre: Head of Sculpture Studies at the Henry Moore Institute
Jemima Brown: MTSA winner 2010/11
Rebecca Scott: MTSA trustee

The largest award of its kind in the UK, which since 2001 has celebrated and supported the work of emerging London-based sculptors, the MTSA will now be open to artists from the whole of mainland UK.
To mark this transition onto the national stage, Black Dog Publishing will be launching the book ‘Thinking is Making, Presence and Absence in Contemporary Sculpture’. The book includes essays by Martin Herbert on the changing role of the object within recent and contemporary sculpture, a short history of sculptural practice as taught at St. Martins School of Art during the 1960s and 70s by Matilda Strang (independent curator) and an introduction and commentary on each of the past winners of the award by Fiona MacDonald (curator Standpoint Gallery).

Further information and application
http://www.standpointlondon.co.uk/mtsa.html

Book launch Thinking is Making: April 2013
Exhibition at Standpoint of the 10 previous winners, plus the announcement of new award winner: May 2013

We seek to reward outstanding and innovative practice in the field of sculpture and are particularly interested in work that demonstrates a commitment to process and materials. The award is £8,000 plus the costs of presenting a solo exhibition at Standpoint Gallery.

Previous selectors have included Phyllida Barlow, Rachel Whiteread, Cornelia Parker and Cathy de Monchaux.

 

Standpoint is an independent artist-run project space and studios in Hoxton, London. We are a vibrant platform for the development of emerging and mid-career artists, running exhibitions, events and residencies.

The Mark Tanner Sculpture Award is central to Standpoint's charitable aims –
- to act as a platform for emerging artists outside the commercial gallery system
- to support the diversity and vibrancy of artistic production
- to promote excellence in and commitment to the artist as maker
- to provide an arena for artists’ networks and professional development

Mark Tanner trained at St Martins School of Art and was one of the first artists to show at Standpoint. The award was established on the initiative of a private charitable trust to keep alive his passion and enthusiasm for the making of art. He died in 1998 after a long illness.

 

The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation China Research Grant 2013

Asia Art Archive call for research proposals
Deadline: Friday 1 March 2013
Application fee: none

Asia Art Archive (AAA) announces the 2013 call for proposals for The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation China Research Grant. With the support from The Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation, the grant offers a one-year fellowship to support a focused research project that advances the understanding of contemporary Chinese art from the 1980s to the present. Postgraduates, including pre-doctoral fellows and currently enrolled PhD candidates researching contemporary Chinese art and independent scholars and writers with proven experience and a solid research and publication track record are invited to apply. The grantee will be awarded a total of USD 15,000 and is expected to spend up to two months conducting research at AAA between May and December 2013.

Selection
Together with a panel of judges that includes professional curators and scholars in the field, AAA will assess and select applicants based on their knowledge of contemporary Chinese art, relevant experience in the field, proposed methodology, substance of the proposed research, as well as its practicability and feasibility.

Preference will be given to applicants whose proposals draw on AAA's extensive collection of primary documents gathered in conjunction with AAA's multi-year research project Materials of the Future: Documenting Contemporary Chinese Art from 1980–1990, and whose methodological approach and interpretative perspective advance the understanding of contemporary Chinese art from the 1980s to the present.

Application guidelines:
Scope
Applicants should visit AAA's dedicated website http://www.china1980s.org/ to learn more about the Materials of the Future research project. Full transcripts and selected video clips of the interviews conducted during the project are available on this website. Summaries of the special collections generated from the project can be found here. - http://www.aaa.org.hk/Collection/SpecialCollections

Possible research areas of interest include:
- Pedagogy and art academies
- Regionalism in the formation of art practice
- The role of foreign communities in Beijing and Shanghai
- Women artists
- Influential exhibitions, including those of non-Chinese art
- 'Reading Fever' and the impact of key books, translations, and publishing houses
- The emergence of performance and installation art
- Exhibition histories of contemporary Chinese art

Applicants are welcome to propose their own topics; comparative approaches involving Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan would also be of interest.

Eligible Applicants
- Postgraduates, including pre-doctoral fellows and currently enrolled PhD candidates with a research focus on contemporary Chinese art
- Independent scholars and writers with proven experience and a solid research and publication track record

Proposal deadline: Friday 1 March 2013, 10pm HKT

Project Completion
Selected project is expected to begin in May 2013 and be completed by June 2014.

The grantee will be required to submit interim reports updating AAA on their progress throughout the project. Upon the project's completion, the grantee must submit to AAA all documents and original materials collected during the course of the project, a written paper, a complete bibliography, and an inventory of collected materials. The project will conclude with two public presentations by the grantee (one in Hong Kong and another in either Mainland China or Taiwan) and the publication of the grantee's written paper on AAA's website.

Applicants are required to provide tentative timelines with their proposals.

Budget
AAA will award USD 15,000 (approx. HKD 120,000) to the successful candidate. Budgets should allow for a two-month residency in Hong Kong, research trips to Mainland China during the AAA residency, and the acquisition of new materials. Additional funds may also be considered for the purchase of books.

Applicants are required to provide a line item budget with their proposals.

Enquires & Proposal Submission
Please send proposals to Asia Art Archive via email (research(@)aaa.org.hk)
Please include:
- CV (please include academic background, relevant past projects, and at least two references)
- Research project description: objectives, approach, and background
- Timeline
- Budget

Applicants may be contacted for additional information.

Sponsored by The Robert H.N. Ho Family Foundation.

Asia Art Archive
T +852 2815 1112
info(@)aaa.org.hk
http://www.aaa.org.hk

 

Nowhere 2013

Nowhere 2013 art grants
Spain: 9-14 July 2013
Deadlines: 3 March 2013, 5 May 2013

Described as a 'festival', an 'arts event' and 'a Burning Man regional', Nowhere is the culmination of the music, languages, art, outfits, workshops, words, parties and people of a diverse, international community.  

Our aims and your guidelines 

Art and creativity are core to Nowhere. They are an important aspect of what sets it apart from other events. We would like to thank you for considering bringing art to Nowhere 2012!  

One way Nowhere supports creative activity is by offering a limited number of financial grants:

Round 1: Grants of up to Euro 750 - application deadline Sunday 3 March 2013

Round 2: Grants of up to Euro 250 - application deadline Sunday 5 May 2013

Applications received after the deadlines will not be considered.

Please note: We will only fund up to 70% of the total cost of your art project. Please only apply for the amount you need. This will allow us to fund as many projects as possible. If your project is likely to cost substantially more than Euro 750 but you would still like to apply for a grant, please contact us before sending in your application. Funding for any one project will be limited to the grant amounts shown above. As well as big ideas, we are also interested in small, intimate projects, which is why we offer smaller grants. We do not fund artists' time, labour or personal travel expenses. We do fund materials and material transportation costs. We only pay grants in arrears, on the production of valid receipts.  

Our aims It is our aim to support diverse, eclectic and inspiring art projects. We strive to have a balance of physical, performance and static art. We encourage both experienced and less experienced artists to apply.  

We are particularly keen to fund: art that is of very high quality both large- and small-scale projects a wide range of projects (in terms of media and impact), from a wide range people, all delivered effectively projects that respond well to the particular and unique environment of the event participatory projects 

Participatory art requires human interaction to complete a piece. It prompts people to interact with one another, it responds to participants and/or the environment, it causes people to reflect on the larger community, and/or it belongs to the public and exists for the benefit of all.  

Participatory projects might include: projects that engage with or cross the language barrier projects that work strongly with themes of group identity performances projects that bring disparate groups of people together projects that facilitate other people making art projects that are inspirational and that go beyond decoration or being 'just' spectacular.

Please note that all artists will also have to buy a ticket for the event. Everyone involved in the event has to buy tickets.

How to apply

To apply for an art grant, please:

Fill in the online application form in English, Spanish or your own language if you prefer (we will arrange for the translation). The online application form can be found on the 'Art and art grants page'. 

If you prefer a document version, please email art@goingnowhere.org

Supply an adequate leave no trace plan. The form can be found on the Art and art grants page. Please email this to art@goingnowhere.org

Send some supporting materials for your idea (eg pictures, drawings, video, audio files etc). Please email this to art@goingnowhere.org

www.goingnowhere.org

 

Open Source KOKO Creative Kids Program

Open Source KOKO Creative Kids Program
Soap Box '13 Registration Now Open

The Legendary Soap Box Derby is Just Six Months Away!

Registration Now Open
Weeks open for enrollment
July 15th – 19th
July 22nd – 26th
July 29th – August 2nd
August 5th- August 9th

In Open Source Gallery’s Soup Box Camp, children ages 7 to 15 learn to construct functional, eco-friendly soap box racers out of recycled materials. Under the strict supervision of our watchful counselors, campers are introduced to a variety of tools, from the basic nails, hammers, and hand saws to drills, screws and power sanders. We will be encouraging the campers to plan their design on paper with sketches, notes, and calculations and to think out of the box! Time will be spent outside collecting found objects and additional building materials, and the cars will be tested at each stage of their construction in front of the gallery and in the playground down the block. During their lunch hour, the kids will to be brought down to the playground to eat and to either have free play or continue working on their cars, depending on their progress.

The workshop has received rave reviews over the past 5 years from publications such as Brooklyn Independent Television, Daily News (a 2-page spread!), Popular Mechanics, Park Slope Courier, and Brooklyn Paper, to name a few.

The culmination of the workshop is the annual soap box derby on 17th street .
17th Street between 5th and 6th Ave, South Slope
All participants, families, and friends are invited to come to the derby, and everybody is welcome to participate!

The Derby will be held August 11.

Register Here : http://open-source-gallery.org/koko/sign-up/

Additional Information
12 spots a weeks
Price: $390
Aftercare (1-3pm): $15 per day

In addition to the Soap Box Camp, there will be a two week workshop led by the much loved Hubert Dobler which will be science oriented. More details to come at a later date.

Open Source Gallery
306 17th St. Brooklyn, NY 11215

closest trains: R Train Prospect Ave, F Train 4th Ave

opensoucegallery.org
contact [at] opensourcegallery.org
(646) 279-3969; (718) 207-9235

 

Dave Bown Projects - 6th Semiannual Competition - Prizes $10,000

Dave Bown Projects - 6th Semiannual Competition - Prizes $10,000
Deadline: 30 May 2013
Submission fee: $40

Jurors: Marisa Pascucci, Boca Raton Museum of Art; Reto Thüring, Cleveland Museum of Art; Adelina Vlas, Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Prizes: $10,000 USD (1 artist will receive $5,000 USD and 5 artists will each receive $1,000 USD).  Dave Bown Projects will be buying works of art from artists as submissions are received.

Eligibility: This competition is open to all visual artists who are 18 years of age or older. All styles and mediums are eligible.

Selection Process: Early entries are encouraged. Previewing will occur on a daily and weekly basis by Dave Bown Projects as submissions are received.

Deadline: 30 May 2013

Prospectus: davebownprojects.com/submissions.html

For further information, please contact Dave Bown at (917) 365-5265 or info@davebownprojects.com